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Title page COPYRIGHT The Series Books Four Just Men Series THE FOUR JUST MEN (1905)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE. THERY’S TRADE CHAPTER I. A NEWSPAPER STORY CHAPTER II. THE FAITHFUL COMMONS CHAPTER III. ONE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD CHAPTER IV. PREPARATIONS CHAPTER V. THE OUTRAGE AT THE ‘MEGAPHONE’ CHAPTER VI. THE CLUES CHAPTER VII. THE MESSENGER OF THE FOUR CHAPTER VIII. THE POCKET-BOOK CHAPTER IX. THE CUPIDITY OF MARKS CHAPTER X. THREE WHO DIED CHAPTER XI. A NEWSPAPER CUTTING CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION

THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE (1908)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. The Red Hundred CHAPTER II. The Fourth Man CHAPTER III. Jessen, alias Long CHAPTER IV. The Red Bean CHAPTER V. The Council of Justice CHAPTER VI. Princess Revolutionary CHAPTER VII. The Government and Mr. Jessen CHAPTER VIII. An Incident in the Fight CHAPTER IX. The Four v. The Hundred CHAPTER X. The Trial CHAPTER XI. Manfred CHAPTER XII. In Wandsworth Gaol CHAPTER XIII. The ‘Rational Faithers’ CHAPTER XIV. At the Old Bailey CHAPTER XV. Chelmsford CHAPTER XVI. The Execution

THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA (1917)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI.

THE LAW OF THE FOUR JUST MEN (1921)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER 2. CHAPTER 3. CHAPTER 4. CHAPTER 5. CHAPTER 6. CHAPTER 7. CHAPTER 8. CHAPTER 9. CHAPTER 10.

THE THREE JUST MEN (1926)

CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE. CHAPTER TWO. CHAPTER THREE. CHAPTER FOUR. CHAPTER FIVE. CHAPTER SIX. CHAPTER SEVEN. CHAPTER EIGHT. CHAPTER NINE. CHAPTER TEN. CHAPTER ELEVEN. CHAPTER TWELVE. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. CHAPTER NINETEEN. CHAPTER TWENTY. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. CHAPTER THIRTY. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR.

AGAIN THE THREE JUST MEN (1929)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER 2. CHAPTER 3. CHAPTER 4. CHAPTER 5. CHAPTER 6. CHAPTER 7. CHAPTER 8. CHAPTER 9. CHAPTER 10. CHAPTER 11. CHAPTER 12. CHAPTER 13.

Smithy and Nobby Series SMITHY (1905)

CONTENTS I. - THE ADJUTANT’S MADNESS II. - MILITARY MOTORING III. - ADVERTISING THE ARMY IV. - ARMY MANNERS V. - THE UMPIRE VI. - ERUDITION VII. - BERTIE VIII. - NOBBY’S PART IX. - THE CLAIRVOYANT X. - BOOTS XI. - JU-JITSU XII. - THE NEW OFFICER XIII. - THE AGITATOR XIV. - MISSING WORDS XV. - THE NEW RULES XVI. - THE CHEF XVII. - THE JOURNALIST XVIII. - THE PHOTOGRAPHER XIX. - THE BOOKMAKER XX. - BACK TO CIVIL LIFE XXI. - BROTHERS XXII. - THE GHOST OF HEILBRON KOPJE XXIII. - SACRIFICE

ARMY REFORM OPINIONS OF PRIVATE SMITH (1906)

ARMY REFORM

SMITHY ABROAD (1909)

CONTENTS DEDICATION I. - THE ARMS STORE II. - THE BAPTISM OF STEVENS III. - THE ROTTEN AFFAIR IV. - THE BACHELORS’ CLUB V. - WHY “FEATHERWEIGHT JACKSON” ENLISTED VI. - NOBBY’S LOVE STORY VII. - THE CHUCKAJEE PLATE VIII. - THE WANDERER IX. - THE FIGHT X. - THE MISER XI. - NOBBY, LIMITED XII. - AN ACT OF WAR XIII. - THE FOOTBALL MATCH XIV. - THATCHER’S BROTHER XV. - THE INVENTION CRAZE XVI. - MARSHY, DETECTIVE XVII. - THE GHOST OF THE BROOK XVIII. - SMITHY ON HUMOUR XIX. - PIKEY’S LUCK XX. - THE BUGLERS XXI. - HONOUR XXII. - SACRIFICE XXIII. - A SUPPRESSED BOOK XXIV. - A SOLDIER AND A MAN

SMITHY AND THE HUN (1915)

CONTENTS I. - THE MILITARY ANARCHIST II. - THE HEROICS OF PRIVATE PARKER III. - AT MONS IV. - SMITHY ON NEWS V. - ON THE LAWYER IN WAR VI. - VON KLUCK’S NEPHEW, GINGER VII. - ON MEANING WELL VIII. - THE PERSEVERING SOLDIER IX. - A DAY WITH THE CROWN PRINCE X. - NOBBY AND THE LAMB XI. - SMITHY AND THE MISSING ZEP’LINK XII. - ON THE GERMAN FLEET XIII. - On W.O. Genius XIV. - ON RECRUITING XV. - THE STRATEGIST XVI. - SMITHY SURVEYS THE LAND XVII. - LIEUTENANT X XVIII. - THE LETTER-WRITER XIX. - THE WEATHER PROPHET XX. - THE INTERPRETER XXI. - NOBBY IN ROMANTIC VEIN

NOBBY (1916)

CONTENTS DEDICATION: THE PHILISTINE I. - NOBBY’S BEST GIRL II. - AUTHORSHIP III. - PRIVATE CLARK’S WILL IV. - ON ADVERTISING V. - ON PROMOTION VI. - NO. 2 MAGAZINE VII. - SMITHY - AMBASSADOR VIII. - HOGMANAY IX. - ON FINANCE X. - THE HEROES XI. - THE COMPETITORS XII. - UNCLE JOE’S TRACT XIII. - THE BAA-LAMB XIV. - NOBBY’S DOUBLE XV. - THE FIGHTING ANCHESTERS XVI. - SECRET SIGNS XVII. - THE FAITH OF PRIVATE SIMPSON

SMITHY, NOBBY & CO. (1904-1918)

CONTENTS THE NEW OFFICER THE CLAIRVOYANT THE PHOTOGRAPHER BERTIE ERUDITION NOBBY’S PART THE CHEF THE NEW RULES EMPLOYING THE SOLDIER PRIVATE CLARK’S WILL THE FAITH OF PRIVATE SIMPSON UNCLE JOE’S TRACT NOBBY AND HIS LETTERS

Detective Sgt. Elk Series THE NINE BEARS (1910)

CONTENTS 1. N.H.C. 2. A BUSINESS CONSULTATION 3. IN WHICH A CERTAIN MOMENTOUS QUESTION IS ASKED 4. WHICH RELATES TO A NEWSPAPER SUICIDE 5. COUNT POLTAVO OFFERS HIS SERVICES 6. A STRANGER COMES TO BURGOS 7. SOME DISAPPEARANCES 8. THE AMBASSADOR TAKES A HAND 9. INTRODUCING T.B.SMITH 10. THE ANTICIPATORS 11. AT BRONTE’S BANK 12. MURDER 13. HYATT 14. SIR GEORGE DINES 15. THE DANCING GIRL 16. MARY BROWN 17. DEPORTATION 18. IN THE “JOURNAL” OFFICE 19. THE BOOK 20. AT THE ADMIRALTY 21. POLTAVO STRIKES 22. THE CONVICT FROM CEUTRA 23. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL 24. THE NINE BEARS 25. IN THE GARDEN 26. T.B. SMITH REPORTS 27. THE LOST WARSHIP 28. THE “MARIA BRAGANZA” 29. A MATTER OF INSURANCE 30. THE “MAD WARSHIP” 31. THE FLIGHT 32. POLTAVO LEAVES HURRIEDLY 33. AT “LOLO” 34. THE LAST OF THE NINE

THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FROG (1925)

CONTENTS FOREWORD - THE FROGS I. AT MAYTREE COTTAGE II. A TALK ABOUT FROGS III. THE FROG IV. ELK V. MR. MAITLAND GOES HOME VI. MR. MAITLAND GOES SHOPPING VII. A CALL ON MR. MAITLAND VIII. THE OFFENSIVE RAY IX. THE MAN WHO WAS WRECKED X. ON HARLEY TERRACE XI. MR. BROAD EXPLAINS XII. THE EMBELLISHMENT OF MR. MAITLAND XIII. A RAID ON ELDOR STREET XIV. “ALL BULLS HEAR” XV. THE MORNING AFTER XVI. RAY LEARNS THE TRUTH XVII. THE COMING OF MILLS XVIII. THE BROADCAST XIX. IN ELSHAM WOOD XX. HAGN XXI. MR. JOHNSON’S VISITOR XXII. THE INQUIRY XXIII. A MEETING XXIV. WHY MAITLAND CAME XXV. IN REGARD TO SAUL MORRIS XXVI. PROMOTION FOR BALDER XXVII. MR. BROAD IS INTERESTING XXVIII. MURDER XXIX. THE FOOTMAN XXX. THE TRAMPS XXXI. THE CHEMICAL CORPORATION XXXII. IN GLOUCESTER PRISON XXXIII. THE FROG OF THE NIGHT XXXIV. THE PHOTO-PLAY XXXV. GETTING THROUGH XXXVI. THE POWER CABLE XXXVII. THE GET-AWAY XXXVIII. THE MYSTERY MAN XXXIX. THE AWAKENING XL. FROG XLI. IN QUARRY HOUSE XLII. JOSHUA BROAD EXPLAINS

THE JOKER (1926)

THE TWISTER (1928)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 CHAPTER 30 CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33

THE INDIA-RUBBER MEN (1929)

WHITE FACE (1930)

SILINSKI - MASTER CRIMINAL (1930)

I. ECLIPSE II. SILINSKI HAS A PLAN III. SOME DISAPPEARANCES IV. INTRODUCING T.B. SMITH V. THE ANTICIPATORS VI. AT BRONTE’S BANK VII. SILINSKI EXPLAINS VIII. MURDER IX. HYATT XI. THE DANCING GIRL XII. “MARY BROWN” XIII. DEPORTATION XIV. WHEN THE MARKET ROSE XV. IN THE “JOURNAL” OFFICE XVI. SILINSKI IS INTERVIEWED XVII. THE MAN FROM THE EIFFEL TOWER XVIII. THE AFFAIR OF THE “CASTILIA” XIX. THE BOOK XX. AT THE ADMIRALTY XXI. SILINSKI STRIKES XXII. THE CONVICT FROM CEUTRA XXIII. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL XXIV. THE NINE BEARS XXV. T.B. SMITH REPORTS XXVI. THE LADY WHO LOST £200 XXVII. IN THE RECORD OFFICE XXVIII. THE LOST WARSHIP XXIX. SILINSKI UNDERSTANDS XXX. WHAT THE SAILOR SAID XXXI. THE “MARIA BRAGANZA” XXXII. A MATTER OF INSURANCE XXXIII. THE “MAD WARSHIP” XXXIV. IN TANGIER XXXV. SILINSKI LEAVES HURRIEDLY XXXVI. AT “LOLO” XXXVII. THE LAST OF THE NINE

Mr. J. G. Reeder Series ROOM 13 (1924)

THE MIND OF MR. J. G. REEDER (1925)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER 2. CHAPTER 3. CHAPTER 4. CHAPTER 5. CHAPTER 6. CHAPTER 7. CHAPTER 8.

TERROR KEEP (1927)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21

RED ACES (1929)

CONTENTS I. - THE THREAT II. - MURDER! III. - THE RED ACES IV. - J.G. REEDER’S THEORY V. - THE MISSING POLICEMAN VI. - THE VEILED WOMAN VII. - WHO KILLED WENTFORD? VIII. - REEDER - THE DEVIL IX. - TRAPPED! X. - THE RAID XI. - DEDUCTION KENNEDY THE CON MAN THE CASE OF JOE ATTYMAR

THE GUV’NOR AND OTHER SHORT STORIES (1932)

CONTENTS THE GUV’NOR CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII THE MAN WHO PASSED CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII THE SHADOW MAN CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII THE TREASURE HOUSE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII

Educated Evans Series EDUCATED EVANS (1924)

CONTENTS THE BROTHERHOOD MR. HOMASTER’S DAUGHTER THE COOP THE SNOUT MR. KIRZ BUYS A £5 SPECIAL MICKY THE SHOPPER THE DREAMER THE GIFT HORSE STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH THE GOODS THE PERFECT LADY THE PROUD HORSE THROUGH THE CARD

MORE EDUCATED EVANS (1926)

CONTENTS THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE A SOUVENIR THE MAKER OF WINNERS A JUDGE OF RACING AN AMAZING SELECTION A GOOD GALLOP A HORSE OF THE SAME COLOUR MIXING IT THE FREAK DINNER THE USER OF MEN THE JOURNALIST

GOOD EVANS (1927)

CONTENTS A CHANGE OF PLAN MR. EVANS DOES A BIT OF GAS WORK EDUCATION AND COMBINATIONS THE OTHER LUBESES MR. EVANS PULLS OFF A REAL COOP THE NICE MINDED GIRL THE MUSICAL TIP PSYCHOLOGY AND THE TIPSTER THE SHOWING UP OF EDUCATED EVANS THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND MR. EVANS HAS A WELL-SCREWED HEAD THE TWISTING OF ARTHUR COLLEYBORN THE KIDNAPPING OF MR. EVANS EDUCATED EVANS DECLARES TO WIN FOR EVANS’ SAKE THE PARTICULAR BEAUTY THE LAST COOP OF ALL

African Novels SANDERS OF THE RIVER (1911)

CONTENTS I. - THE EDUCATION OF THE KING II. - KEEPERS OF THE STONE III. - BOSAMBO OF MONROVIA IV. - THE DROWSY ONE V. - THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER VI. - THE DANCING STONES VII. - THE FOREST OF HAPPY DREAMS VIII. - THE AKASAVAS IX. - THE WOOD OF DEVILS X. - THE LOVES OF M’LINO XI. - THE WITCH-DOCTOR XII. - THE LONELY ONE XIII. - THE SEER

THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER (1911)

CONTENTS I. - A CERTAIN GAME II. - THE ELOQUENT WOMAN III. - THE AFFAIR OF THE LADY MISSIONARY IV. - THE SWIFT WALKER V. - BRETHREN OF THE ORDER VI. - THE VILLAGE OF IRONS VII. - THE THINKER AND THE GUM-TREE VIII. - NINE TERRIBLE MEN IX. - THE QUEEN OF THE N’GOMBI X. - THE MAN ON THE SPOT XI. - THE RISING OF THE AKASAVA XII. - THE MISSIONARY XIII. - A MAKER OF SPEARS XIV. - THE PRAYING MOOR XV. - THE SICKNESS MONGO XVI. - THE CRIME OF SANDERS XVII. - SPRING OF THE YEAR

THE RIVER OF STARS (1913)

CONTENTS THE PROLOGUE I. - AMBER II. - AT THE WHISTLERS III. - INTRODUCES PETER, THE ROMANCIST IV. - LAMBAIRE NEEDS A CHART V. - AMBER ADMITS HIS GUILT VI. - IN FLAIR COURT VII. - AMBER GOES TO SCOTLAND YARD VIII. - FRANCIS SUTTON ASKS A QUESTION IX. - AMBER SEES THE MAP X. - THE MAN IN CONVICT’S CLOTHES XI. - INTRODUCES CAPTAIN AMBROSE GREY XII. - AMBER SAILS XIII. - IN THE FOREST XIV. - A HANDFUL O’ PEBBLE XV. - IN THE BED OF THE RIVER XVI. - AMBER ON PROSPECTUSES XVII. - WHITEY HAS A PLAN XVIII. - WHITEY’S WAY XIX. - AMBER RUNS AWAY XX. - CHAPTER THE LAST

BOSAMBO OF THE RIVER (1914)

CONTENTS I. ARACHI THE BORROWER II. THE TAX RESISTERS III. THE RISE OF THE EMPEROR IV. THE FALL OF THE EMPEROR V. THE KILLING OF OLANDI VI. THE PEDOMETER VII. THE BROTHER OF BOSAMBO VIII. THE CHAIR OF THE N’GOMBI IX. THE KI-CHU X. THE CHILD OF SACRIFICE XI. “THEY” XII. THE AMBASSADORS XIII. GUNS IN THE AKASAVA

BONES (1915)

CONTENTS I. - PROLOGUE: SANDERS, C.M.G. II. - HAMILTON OF THE HOUSSAS III. - THE DISCIPLINARIANS IV. - THE LOST N’BOSINI V. - THE FETISH STICK VI. - A FRONTIER AND A CODE VII. - THE SOUL OF THE NATIVE WOMAN VIII. - THE STRANGER WHO WALKED BY NIGHT IX. - A RIGHT OF WAY X. - THE GREEN CROCODILE XI. - HENRY HAMILTON BONES XII. - BONES AT M’FA XIII. - THE MAN WHO DID NOT SLEEP

THE KEEPERS OF THE KING’S PEACE (1917)

CONTENTS I. - BONES, SANDERS AND ANOTHER II. - BONES CHANGES HIS RELIGION III. - THE MAKER OF STORMS IV. - BONES AND THE WIRELESS V. - THE REMEDY VI. - THE MEDICINE MAN VII. - BONES, KING-MAKER VIII. - THE TAMER OF BEASTS IX. - THE MERCENARIES X. - THE WATERS OF MADNESS XI. - EYE TO EYE XII. - THE HOODED KING

LIEUTENANT BONES (1918)

CONTENTS I. - LIEUTENANT BONES, R.N. II. - THE SLEUTH III. - A CHANGE OF MINISTRY IV. - THE LOVER OF SANDERS V. - THE BREAKING POINT VI. - THE MADNESS OF VALENTINE VII. - THE LEGENDEER VIII. - THE FETISH STICK IX. - THE PACIFIST X. - THE SON OF SANDI XI. - KING ANDREAS XII. - BONES AND A LADY XIII. - THE LITTLE PEOPLE XIV. - THE NORTHERN MEN

BONES IN LONDON (1921)

CONTENTS I. - BONES AND BIG BUSINESS II. - HIDDEN TREASURE III. - BONES AND THE WHARFINGERS IV. - THE PLOVER-LIGHT CAR V. - A CINEMA PICTURE VI. - A DEAL IN JUTE VII. - DETECTIVE BONES VIII. - A COMPETENT JUDGE OF POETRY IX. - THE LAMP THAT NEVER WENT OUT X. - THE BRANCH LINE XI. - A STUDENT OF MEN XII. - BONES HITS BACK

SANDI THE KINGMAKER (1922)

CONTENTS I. - THE PROPHETS OF THE OLD KING II. - THE COMING OF SANDI III. - THE RESOURCES OF CIVILIZATION IV. - THE HOUSE OF THE CHOSEN V. - THE DEATH MARK VI. - THE WOMAN IN THE HUT VII. - THE WOMAN BOFABA VIII. - THE KING FROM THE SOUTH IX. - THE PASSING OF MAJOR HAMILTON X. - THE GREY BIRD THAT MOANED XI. - THE WAR IN THE TOFOLAKA XII. - WHAT HAPPENED TO HAMILTON

BONES OF THE RIVER (1923)

CONTENTS I. - THE FEARFUL WORD II. - THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH III. - THE BLACK EGG IV. - A NICE GEL V. - THE BRASS BEDSTEAD VI. - A LOVER OF DOGS VII. - THE CAMERA MAN VIII. - THE HEALER IX. - THE WAZOOS X. - THE ALL-AFRICANS XI. - THE WOMAN WHO SPOKE TO BIRDS XII. - THE LAKE OF THE DEVIL

SANDERS (1926)

CONTENTS I. - THE MAGIC OF FEAR II. - THE CLEAN SWEEPER III. - THE VERY GOOD MAN IV. - WOMEN WILL TALK V. - THE SAINT VI. - THE MAN WHO HATED SHEFFIELD VII. - THE JOY SEEKERS VIII. - THE BALL GAME IX. - THE WISE MAN X. - THE SWEET SINGER

AGAIN SANDERS (1928)

CONTENTS I. - BONES AND THE BEE II. - THE TERRIBLE TALKER III. - THY NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF IV. - THE GHOST WALKER V. - THE KING’S SCEPTRE VI. - IN THE MANNER OF LIPSTICK VII. - THE SPLENDID THINGS VIII. - BONES THE PSYCHIC IX. - THE RICH WOMAN X. - THE KEEPERS OF THE TREASURE XI. - THE PRESENT

Crime Novels ANGEL ESQUIRE (1908)

CONTENTS I. - THE YELLOW BOX II. - THE SILVER CHARM III. - A CASE FOR ANGEL, ESQUIRE ANGEL, ESQUIRE - THE NOVEL I. - THE LOMBARD STREET DEPOSIT II. - THE HOUSE IN TERRINGTON SQUARE IV. - ANGEL ESQUIRE IV. - THE “BOROUGH LOT” V. - THE CRYPTOGRAM VI. - A THE RED ENVELOPE VII. - WHAT THE RED ENVELOPE HELD VIII. - OLD GEORGE IX. - THE GREAT ATTEMPT X. - SOME BAD CHARACTERS XI. - THE QUEST OF THE BOOK XII. - WHAT HAPPENED AT FLAIRBY MILL XIII. - CONNOR TAKES A HAND XIV. - OPENING THE SAFE XV. - THE SOLUTION

THE FOURTH PLAGUE (1913)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE I. - SIR RALPH DELIVERS JUDGMENT II. - THE CALL OF TILLIZINI III. - A HUNTER OF MEN IV. - THE “RED HAND” DRAW BLANK V. - THE STORY OF THE “RED HAND” VI. - THE THREE VII. - THE GOLDEN ANTONIO VIII. - THE RARE COLLECTION IX. - COUNT FESTINI X. - A WAY OF TILLIZINI’S XI. - LADY MORTE-MANNERY HELPS A FRIEND XII. - THE SECOND MEDALLION XIII. - THE ABDUCTION OF MARJORIE XIV. - TILLIZINI LEAVES A MARK XV. - THE HOUSE BY THE RIVER XVI. - TILLIZINI ADDRESSES THE HOUSE XVII. - MARJORIE CROSSES THE MARSH XVIII. - THE WOMAN XIX. - THE WORKING OF THE ACT

GREY TIMOTHY (1913)

CONTENTS I. - INTRODUCES THE CALLANDERS II. - AND A VISITOR III. - MR PALLARD DOES NOT STAY IV. - AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE V. - PALLARD THE PUNTER VI. - THE RACE AT WINDSOR VII. - THE COLT BY GREY LEG VIII. - A GAMBLE IN ‘BITS’ IX. - MR PALLARD WINS HEAVILY X. - A SHARP RECOVERY IN ‘BITS’ XI. - INTRODUCES TINKER SMITH XII. - BRIAN MAKES ACQUAINTANCES XIII. - LORD PINLOW GOES CALLING XIV. - THE SUPERSTITION OF LORD PINLOW XV. - IN THE STABLES XVI. - THE RACE FOR THE STEWARDS’ CUP XVII. - THE LITTLE MURDERERS XVIII. - DR JELLIS OF WATFORD XIX. - THE AFFAIR AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE XX. - A WIRE FROM BRIAN XXI. - THE END

THE MAN WHO BOUGHT LONDON (1915)

THE MELODY OF DEATH (1915)

CONTENTS I. - THE AMATEUR SAFE SMASHER II. - SUNSTAR’S DERBY III. - GILBERT LEAVES HURRIEDLY IV. - THE MELODY IN F V. - THE MAN WHO DESIRED WEALTH VI. - THE SAFE AGENCY VII. - THE BANK SMASHER VIII. - THE WIFE WHO DID NOT LOVE IX. - EDITH MEETS THE PLAYER X. - THE NECKLACE XI. - THE FOURTH MAN XII. - THE PLACE WHERE THE LOOT WAS STORED XIII. - THE MAKER OF WILLS XIV. - THE STANDERTON DIAMONDS XV. - THE TALE THE DOCTOR TOLD XVI. - BRADSHAW

A DEBT DISCHARGED (1916)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE I. - HELDER TELLS TALES II. - INTRODUCES VERITY MAPLE III. - MAPLE HAS A VISITOR IV. - A MESSAGE TO MR HELDER V. - COMSTOCK BELL MAKES READY VI. - COMSTOCK BELL CHANGES HIS MIND VII. - HELDER’S WAY VIII. - WHAT TOM MAPLE FOUND IX. - WILLETTS WRITES A LETTER X. - VERITY RECEIVES A PROPOSAL XI. - AN EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE XII. - THE PASSING OF WILLETTS XIII. - AN ARREST XIV. - MRS BELL LISTENS XV. - THE MESSAGE OF THE BILL XVI. - THE HOUSE PARTY AT COLLETT’S FOLLY XVII. - IN A JAIL XVIII. - THE WRITING ON THE BILL XIX. - WILLETTS XX. - HELDER SLIPS TO SEA XXI. - THE IRONY OF CHANCE XXII. - THE END

THE TOMB OF T’SIN (1916)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. - CAPTAIN TED TALHAM II. - THE MAN IN THE DRAWER III. - INTRODUCES MR. SOO IV. - THE AMULET OF JADE V. - MR. SOHO MAKES A DISCOVERY VI. - A CRIME OF TILLIZINNI VII. - AN AFTERNOON CALL VIII. - THE CELESTIAL WAY IX. - THE ABDUCTION X. - THE ROOMS BY THE CANAL XI. - CAPTAIN TALHAM’S PROGRESS XII. - THE MESSAGE OF THE DEAD XIII. - CAPTAIN TALHAM PROPOSES XIV. - AND RECEIVES HIS ANSWER XV. - SOO WHO CAME BACK XVI. - IN THE CITY OF HOO-SIN XVII. - THE TOMB LOCATED XVIII. - IN THE CAVERN OF THE DEAD XIX. - THE YAMEN OF T’SI SOO XX. - SOO “SAVES-FACE”

THE SECRET HOUSE (1917)

THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE (1918)

DOWN UNDER DONOVAN (1918)

CONTENTS I. - THE WOMAN IN BLACK II. - THE MAN WHO GAMBLED III. - JOHN PENTRIDGE AT HOME IV. - THE WRECK OF THE RIVIERA LIMITED V. - WHEN ROGUES AGREE VI. - JOHN PRESIDENT WINS VII. - THE TURF DETECTIVE VIII. - JANET GOES TO TEA IX. - THE GREY ARRIVES X. - BUD KITSON GOES TO SLEEP XI. - THE COUNT COLLINNI XII. - IN THE SANDOWN PADDOCK XIII. - AT PENNWARING XIV. - THE GUEST WHO CAME XV. - LOVE IN A COTTAGE XVI. - MILTON SANDS AT WORK XVII. - AN UNEXPECTED VISIT XVIII. - DERBY DAY XIX. - AN OLD SAYING XX. - KIDNAPPED! XXI. - A MIDNIGHT MARRIAGE XXII. - WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT XXIII. - CONCLUSION

THE MAN WHO KNEW (1918)

CONTENTS I. THE MAN IN THE LABORATORY II. THE GIRL WHO CRIED III. FOUR IMPORTANT CHARACTERS IV. THE ACCOUNTANT AT THE BANK V. JOHN MINUTE’S LEGACY VI. THE MAN WHO KNEW VII. INTRODUCING MR. REX HOLLAND VIII. SERGEANT SMITH CALLS IX. FRANK MERRILL AT THE ALTAR X. A MURDER XI. THE CASE AGAINST FRANK MERRILL XII. THE TRIAL OF FRANK MERRILL XIII. THE MAN WHO CAME TO MONTREUX XIV. THE MAN WHO LOOKED LIKE FRANK XV. A LETTER IN THE GRATE XVI. THE COMING OF SERGEANT SMITH XVII. THE MAN CALLED “MERRILL”

THE GREEN RUST (1919)

CONTENTS Chapter I. - The Passing Of John Millinborn Chapter II. - The Drunken Mr. Beale Chapter III. - Punsonby’s Discharges An Employee Chapter IV. - The Letters That Were Not There Chapter V. - The Man With The Big Head Chapter VI. - Mr. Scobbs Of Red Horse Valley Chapter VII. - Plain Words From Mr. Beale Chapter VIII. - The Crime of the Grand Alliance Chapter IX. - A Crime Against The World Chapter X. - A Fruitless Search Chapter XI. - The House Near Staines Chapter XII. - Introducing Parson Homo Chapter XIII. - At Deans Folly Chapter XIV. - Mr. Beale Suggests Marriage Chapter XV. - The Good Herr Stardt Chapter XVI. - The Pawn Ticket Chapter XVII. - The Jew Of Cracow Chapter XVIII. - Bridgers Breaks Loose Chapter XIX. - Oliva Is Willing Chapter XX. - The Marriage Chapter XXI. - Beale Sees White Chapter XXII. - Hilda Glaum Leads The Way Chapter XXIII. - At The Doctor’s Flat Chapter XXIV. - The Green Rust Factory Chapter XXV. - The Last Man At The Bench Chapter XXVI. - The Secret Of The Green Rust Chapter XXVII. - A Scheme To Starve The World Chapter XXVIII. - The Coming Of Dr. Milsom Chapter XXIX. - The Lost Code Chapter XXX. - The Watch Chapter XXXI. - A Corn Chandler’s Bill Chapter XXXII. - The End Of Van Heerden

KATE PLUS TEN (1919)

THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY (1920)

CONTENTS I. AN OFFER REJECTED II. THE HUNTER DECLINES HIS QUARRY III. THE MAN WHO LOVED LYNE IV. MURDER V. FOUND IN LYNE’S POCKET VI. THE MOTHER OF ODETTE RIDER VII. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE VIII. THE SILENCING OF SAM STAY IX. WHERE THE FLOWERS CAME FROM X. THE WOMAN AT ASHFORD XI. “THORNTON LYNE IS DEAD” XII. THE HOSPITAL BOOK XIII. TWO SHOTS IN THE NIGHT XIV. THE SEARCH OF MILBURGH’S COTTAGE XV. THE OWNER OF THE PISTOL XVI. THE HEIR XVII. THE MISSING REVOLVER XVIII. THE FINGER PRINTS XIX. LING CHU TELLS THE TRUTH XX. MR. MILBURGH SEES IT THROUGH XXI. COVERING THE TRAIL XXII. THE HEAVY WALLET XXIII. THE NIGHT VISITOR XXIV. THE CONFESSION OF ODETTE RIDER XXV. MILBURGH’S LAST BLUFF XXVI. IN MRS. RIDER’S ROOM XXVII. THE LAUGH IN THE NIGHT XXVIII. THE THUMB-PRINT XXIX. THE THEORY OF LING CHU XXX. WHO KILLED MRS. RIDER? XXXI. SAM STAY TURNS UP XXXII. THE DIARY OF THORNTON LYNE XXXIII. LING CHU - TORTURER XXXIV. THE ARREST XXXV. MILBURGH’S STORY XXXVI. AT HIGHGATE CEMETERY XXXVII. LING CHU RETURNS The Last. THE STATEMENT OF SAM STAY

JACK O’JUDGMENT (1920)

CONTENTS I. THE KNAVE OF CLUBS II. JACK O’ JUDGMENT - HIS CARD III. THE DECOY IV. THE MISSING HANSON V. IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT VI. STAFFORD KING RESIGNS VII. THE COLONEL CONDUCTS HIS BUSINESS VIII. THE LISTENER AT THE DOOR IX. THE COLONEL EMPLOYS A DETECTIVE X. THE GREEK PHILLOPOLIS XI. THE COLONEL AT SCOTLAND YARD XII. BUYING A NURSING HOME XIII. THE LOVE OF STAFFORD KING XIV. THE TAKING OF MAISIE WHITE XV. THE COMMISSIONER HAS A THEORY XVI. IN THE TURKISH BATHS XVII. SOLOMON COMES BACK XVIII. THE JUDGMENT OF DEATH XIX. THE COLONEL IS SHOCKED XX. “SWELL” CREWE BACKS OUT XXI. THE BRIDE OF DEATH XXII. MAISIE TELLS HER STORY XXIII. THE GANG FUND XXIV. PINTO GOES NORTH XXV. A PATRON OF CHARITY XXVI. THE SOLDIER WHO FOLLOWED XXVII. THE CAPTURE OF “JACK” XXVIII. THE PASSING OF PHILLOPOLIS XXIX. THE VOICE IN THE ROOM XXX. DIAMONDS FOR THE BANK XXXI. THE VOICE AGAIN XXXII. LOLLIE GOES AWAY XXXIII. WHERE THE VOICE LIVED XXXIV. CONSCIENCE MONEY XXXV. IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM XXXVI. LOLLIE PROPOSES XXXVII. THE FALL OF PINTO XXXVIII. A USE FOR OLD FILMS XXXIX. JACK O’ JUDGMENT REVEALED

THE ANGEL OF TERROR (1922)

THE CRIMSON CIRCLE (1922)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE: THE NAIL CHAPTER I - THE INITIATION CHAPTER II - THE MAN WHO DID NOT PAY CHAPTER III - THE GIRL WHO WAS INDIFFERENT CHAPTER IV - MR. FELIX MARL CHAPTER V - THE GIRL WHO RAN CHAPTER VI - THALIA DRUMMOND IS A CROOK CHAPTER VII - THE STOLEN IDOL CHAPTER VIII - THE CHARGE CHAPTER IX - THALIA IN THE POLICE COURT CHAPTER X - THE SUMMONS OF THE CRIMSON CIRCLE CHAPTER XI - THE CONFESSION CHAPTER XII - THE POINTED BOOTS CHAPTER XIII - MR. MARL SQUEEZES A LITTLE MORE CHAPTER XIV - THALIA IS ASKED OUT CHAPTER XV - THALIA JOINS THE GANG CHAPTER XVI - MR. MARL GOES OUT CHAPTER XVII - THE BLOWER OF BUBBLES CHAPTER XVIII - ‘FLUSH’ BARNET’S STORY CHAPTER XIX - THALIA ACCEPTS AN OFFER CHAPTER XX - THE KEY OF RIVER HOUSE CHAPTER XXI - RIVER HOUSE CHAPTER XXII - THE MESSENGER OF THE CIRCLE CHAPTER XXIII - THE WOMAN IN THE CUPBOARD CHAPTER XXIV - £10,000 REWARD CHAPTER XXV - THE TENANT OF RIVER HOUSE CHAPTER XXVI - THE BOTTLE OF CHLOROFORM CHAPTER XXVII - MR. PARR’S MOTHER CHAPTER XXVIII - A SHOT IN THE NIGHT CHAPTER XXIX - THE RED CIRCLE CHAPTER XXX - THE SILENCING OF FROYANT CHAPTER XXXI - THALIA ANSWERS A FEW QUESTIONS CHAPTER XXXII - A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY CHAPTER XXXIII - THE POSTERS CHAPTER XXXIV - BLACKMAILING A GOVERNMENT CHAPTER XXXV - THALIA LUNCHES WITH A CABINET MINISTER CHAPTER XXXVI - THE CIRCLE MEETS CHAPTER XXXVII - “I WILL SEE YOU - IF YOU ARE ALIVE” CHAPTER XXXVIII - THE ARREST OF THALIA CHAPTER XXXIX CHAPTER XL - THE ESCAPE CHAPTER XLI - WHO IS THE CRIMSON CIRCLE? CHAPTER XLII - MOTHER CHAPTER XLIII - THE STORY CONTINUED

MR. JUSTICE MAXELL (1922)

THE VALLEY OF GHOSTS (1922)

CAPTAINS OF SOULS (1923)

CONTENTS BOOK THE FIRST CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII BOOK THE SECOND CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII BOOK THE THIRD CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXXI CHAPTER XXXII CHAPTER XXXIII CHAPTER XXXIV CHAPTER XXXV CHAPTER XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVII CHAPTER XXXVIII CHAPTER XXXIX CHAPTER XL CHAPTER XLI CHAPTER XLII CHAPTER XLIII BOOK THE FOURTH CHAPTER XLIV CHAPTER XLV CHAPTER XLVI CHAPTER XLVII CHAPTER XLVIII CHAPTER XLIX CHAPTER L CHAPTER LI CHAPTER LII CHAPTER LIII CHAPTER LIV CHAPTER LV CHAPTER LVI CHAPTER LVII CHAPTER LVIII CHAPTER LIX

THE CLUE OF THE NEW PIN (1923)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER 2. CHAPTER 3. CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 4a. CHAPTER 5. CHAPTER 6. CHAPTER 7. CHAPTER 8. CHAPTER 9. CHAPTER 10. CHAPTER 11. CHAPTER 12. CHAPTER 13. CHAPTER 14. CHAPTER 15. CHAPTER 16. CHAPTER 17. CHAPTER 18. CHAPTER 19. CHAPTER 20. CHAPTER 21. CHAPTER 22. CHAPTER 23. CHAPTER 24. CHAPTER 25. CHAPTER 26. CHAPTER 27. CHAPTER 28. CHAPTER 29. CHAPTER 30. CHAPTER 31. CHAPTER 32. CHAPTER 33. CHAPTER 34. CHAPTER 35. CHAPTER 36. CHAPTER 37. CHAPTER 38.

THE GREEN ARCHER (1923)

CONTENTS 1. THE GOOD STORY 2. THE MAN WITHOUT FEAR 3. JOHN WOOD OF BELGIUM 4. THE GREEN ARROW 5. ABE BELLAMY AND HIS SECRETARY 6. DO-NOTHING FEATHERSTONE 7. A MAN AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS 8. THE GREEN ARCHER 9. VALERIE’S SPRAINED ANKLE 10. THE SLAYER OF CHILDREN 11. THE DOGS OF GARRE 12. THE GAS BILL 13. THE DOGS HEAR A NOISE 14. AT LADY’S MANOR 15. AT EL MORA’S 16. A WARNING 17. THE NEW DOGS 18. A NAME IN THE PAPER 19. THE GREAT ADVENTURE 20. “COLDHARBOUR SMITH” 21. THE CHASE 22. THE LINK 23. THE DUNGEONS 24. THE STORY 25. THE NEW BUTLER SHOWS HIS TEETH 26. THE SEARCH 27. JIM EXPLAINS 28. THE GOLDEN EAST 29. A WARNING TO SMITH 30. JOHN WOOD TALKS 31. THE MAN WHO APPEARED 32. THE THERMOMETER 33. THE GREY LADY 34. THE ARCHER 35. DOUBT 36. THE EMPTY DUNGEON 37. FAY GOES AGAINST HER PRINCIPLES 38. THE RAID 39. FAY HAS A MESSAGE 40. JULIUS TAKES ACTION 41. THE QUESTIONING OF LACY 42. THE PASSING OF SAVINI 43. THE GREEN ARROW 44. THE MAN IN THE BOAT 45. AN OFFER AND A REJECTION. 46. FOUND IN THE BOAT 47. VALERIE TELLS A STORY 48. THE TAPPING IN THE NIGHT 49. THE TRAP 50. A VISITOR FROM BELGIUM 51. VALERIE MEETS JOHN WOOD 52. THE HOLE IN THE WALL 53. THE RIFLES 54. THE COTTAGE IN THE WOOD 55. BELLAMY HEARS OF THE GREY LADY 56. “MR. BELLAMY IS DEAD” 57. TRAPPED 58. THE SIEGE 59. A GREEN ARCHER COMES TO LADY’S MANOR 60. FAY IN THE DUNGEON 61. THE MAN FROM CLOISTER WOOD 62. THE FLOOD 63. THE LAST VISIT OF THE GREEN ARCHER 64. WHEN THE WATERS ROSE 65. JULIUS ROASTS MONEY 66. THE SECRET OF THE GREEN ARCHER

THE MISSING MILLION (1923)

THE DARK EYES OF LONDON (1924)

CONTENTS I. LARRY HOLT IN PARIS II. SIR JOHN HASON III. THE SECRETARY IV. FLASH FRED SEES A CLIENT V. THE WILL VI. THE WRITING IN BRAILLE VII. A TELEGRAM FROM CALGARY VIII. THE MEMORIAL STONE IX. THE MAN WHO LOST A FINGER X. MR STRAUSS “DROPS” XI. BURGLARS AT THE YARD XII. FANNY WELDON TELLS THE TRUTH XIII. TODD’S HOME XIV. FANNY HAS A VISITOR XV. THE FIGHT IN THE DARK XVI. GROGAN MEETS A LADY XVII. THE INSURANCE MONEY XVIII. AT THE PAWNBROKER’S XIX. IN FLASH FRED’S FLAT XX. THE WOMAN WHO DREW THE INSURANCE MONEY. XXI. WHEN DIANA FAINTED XXII. THE MAN WHO WAS DEAF XXIII. THE DISAPPEARANCE OF DIANA WARD XXIV. THE LAUNDRY YARD XXV. WHAT HAPPENED TO DIANA XXVI. BACK AGAIN XXVII. “JOHN DEARBORN IS NOT BLIND” XXVIII. WHO RUNS DEARBORN? XXIX. FLASH FRED’S STORY XXX. IN THE TUBULAR ROOM XXXI. FRED LENDS HIS KEYS XXXII. A BREAKFAST PROPOSAL XXXIII. LEW XXXIV. LARRY INSPECTS A HOUSE XXXV. THE DEATH ROOM XXXVI. THE WOMAN IN THE GARAGE XXXVII. THE HEIRESS XXXVIII. THE END OF JAKE XXXIX. THE GET-AWAY XL. A LETTER FROM LARRY XLI. DIANA PULLS A LEVER XLII. IN THE TRAP XLIII. THE PASSING OF DAVID XLIV. THE END OF THE CHASE XLV. THREE CIGARETTES

DOUBLE DAN (1924)

THE FACE IN THE NIGHT (1924)

CONTENTS I. THE MAN FROM THE SOUTH II. THE QUEEN OF FINLAND’S NECKLACE III. AUDREY IV. THE HON. LACY V. SLICK - PHILOSOPHER VI. THE SISTERS VII. THE PLOT VIII. THE ARREST IX. DISOWNED X. THE TRUTH XI. MR. MALPAS XII. THE INTERVIEW XIII. BUNNY TALKS STRAIGHT XIV. A CHANCE MEETING XV. THE MAN WHOM LACY DID NOT KNOW XVI. SHANNON PAYS A CALL XVII. TONGER ASSISTS XVIII. LACY ENTERTAINS XIX. THE STORY OF JOSHUA XX. A MESSAGE FROM MALPAS XXI. MARTIN EITON PREDICTS AN INQUEST XXII. A PROPOSAL XXIII. SLICK HINTS XXIV. THE SWIMMER XXV. THE CALL TO PARIS XXVI. THE WOMAN IN THE PARK XXVII. THE BETRAYAL XXVIII. THE HOUSE OF DEATH XXIX. MR. MALPAS’S GOD XXX. THE CIGARETTE-CASE XXXI. MARTIN EITON COMES HOME XXXII. THE LETTER XXIII. IN THE OUTER CIRCLE XXXIV. MR BROWN OFFERS ADVICE XXXV. THE FEET ON THE STAIRS XXXVI. A VISION OF MARSHALT XXXVII. THE BUFFET LIFT XXXVIII. STORMER’S XXXIX. THE FACE IN THE NIGHT XL. THE GUEST WHO DISAPPEARED XLI. A JOB FOR AUDREY XLII. THE SPOTTER XLIII. DORA TELLS THE TRUTH XLIV. THE NEW HEIRESS XLV. MR. S. SMITH BRINGS NEWS XLVI. IN A HAYMARKET FLAT XLVII. THE IDOL XLVIII. A BAG XLIX. A DOMICILIARY VISIT L. AUDREY’S STORY LI. A RECONCILIATION LII. MR. TORRINGTON’S SECRETARY LIII. WHAT BUNNY SAW LIV. MOVING AN IDOL LV. THE FLAT BURGLAR LVI. THE LEVER LVII. AUDREY GOES TO DINNER LVIII. MR. TORRINGTON SURPRISES LIX. A LADY CALLS ON MR. SMITH LX. FOULD’S WHARF LXI. MARSHALT’S STORY LXII. WHAT AUDREY SAW LXIII. THE MAN ON THE LANDING LXIV. DORA WILL NOT TELL LXV. STANFORD LXVI. BY THE BACK WAY LXVII. THE LAST VICTIM LXVIII. THE PIVOT WALL LXIX. THE DOUBLE LXX. WHAT SLICK SAID

THE SINISTER MAN (1924)

CONTENTS I. A PROPOSAL II. THE HOUSE OF AMERY III. THE MENACE OF SOYOKA IV. DR. RALPH HALLAM V. THE MAN IN THE ROOM VI. MRS. TRENE HALLAM’S CONSIDERATION VII. AN INDIAN ACQUAINTANCE VIII. THE EXPLOIT OF FENG HO IX. “MAYFAIR 10016” X. MR. TARN MAKES A WILL XI. THE SYNDICATE XII. AMERY KNOWS XIII. THE SCANDAL OF SHANGHAI XIV. SCREENING MAJOR AMERY XV. THE MAN IN THE ROOM XVI. ELSA’S SECRET XVII. AT THE USUAL HOUR XVIII. THE STANFORD CORPORATION XIX. MAJOR AMERY LOOKS IN XX. TUPPERWILL TALKS XXI. THE SIGNED STATEMENT XXII. THE TRUTH ABOUT TARN XXIII. PERFECTLY HORRIBLE XXIV. THE POISON TEST XXV. LAUDANUM XXVI. AN IMPULSIVE QUESTION XXVII. ELSA PACKS XXVIII. THE VISITOR XXIX. PACE XXX. A LETTER TO KEEP XXXI. A CUSTOMER OF THE BANK XXXII. THE SPECULATOR XXXIII. [UNTITLED] XXXIV. THE GENTLEMAN FROM CLEVELAND XXXV. MAJOR AMERY IS SURPRISED XXXVI. A HOUSE IN DISORDER XXXVII. THE FOUR BROWN PACKETS XXXVIII. THE CORRECTED LETTER XXXIX. RALPH EXPLAINS XL. THE NEW CHAUFFEUR XLI. JESSIE DAME AT HOME XLII. THE SIGNER OF CHEQUES XLIII. MR. TUPPERWILL SEEKS ADVICE XLIV. MAJOR AMERY GOES OUT XLV. THE ALARM CALL XLVI. THE ARREST XLVII. IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH XLVIII. THE EXECUTIONER XLIX. THE ESCAPE L. THE MORNING AFTER LI. THE BANK LII. RALPH HALLAM’S COAT LIII. DAME PASSES LIV. WILLE SAYS “NO!” LV. THE PIT

THE THREE OAK MYSTERY (1924)

CONTENTS I. - INTRODUCING SOCRATES SMITH II. - JOHN MANDLE’S STEP-DAUGHTER III. - THE FEAR OF JOHN MANDLE IV. - THE MAN ON THE TREE V. - THE SHOE AND MR. JETHEROE VI. - THE VANISHING OF MOLLY TEMPLETON VII. - AT PRINCE’S PLACE VIII. - A BIT OF FLUFF IX. - WHO WAS JETHEROE? X. - MOLLY TELLS HER STORY XI. - FIRE! XII. - WHAT GRITT HEARD XIII. - A SHOT IN THE DARK XIV. - THE DIARY XV. - DON’T LEAVE MOLLY XVI. - A MARBLE THRONE XVII. - POOL-IN-THE-MOOR XVIII. - MOLLY GOES AWAY XIX . - THE STRANGLER XX. - WHAT HAPPENED TO MOLLY XXI. - IN THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY XXII. - THE MAN IN THE ATTIC XXIII. - THE STORY OF THE MURDER XXIV. - THE SECRET OF POOL-IN-THE- MOOR

THE BLUE HAND (1925)

CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN CHAPTER SIXTEEN CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN CHAPTER NINETEEN CHAPTER TWENTY CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE CHAPTER THIRTY CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE CHAPTER FORTY CHAPTER FORTY-ONE CHAPTER FORTY-TWO CHAPTER FORTY-THREE CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE CHAPTER FORTY-SIX CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGHT (1925)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17

THE GAUNT STRANGER (1925)

A KING BY NIGHT (1925)

CONTENTS I. THE GIRL FROM SACRAMENTO II. THE LETTER III. THE TRAILER IV. THE MAN AT THE DOOR V. MR. LOCKS VI. MR. SELBY LOWE VII. A VISIT TO A LAWYER VIII. A DEAL IN DIAMONDS IX. MEETING SELBY LOWE X. THE DAGGER XI. THE MAN IN THE PASSAGE XII. THE LONG COAT XIII. MURDER XIV. THE MAN WITH THE RING XV. THE DOCTOR MEETS THE TERROR XVI. A ROAD INSPECTOR XVII. THE SPY XVIII. THE SEARCH XIX. THE TRAMP XX. A BREEZE XXI. MR. SMITH AND HIS VISITORS XXII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING XXIII. THE FORBIDDEN PHONE XXIV. THE SOUP XXV. EXIT THE NEW KITCHENMAID XXVI. THE LETTER XXVII. THE MAN ON THE QUAY XXVIII. MR. FLEET RECEIVES TWO SHOCKS XXIX. THE MAN WHO MADE NO MISTAKES XXX. THE DOCTOR’S VISITOR XXXI. MR. FLEET REVIVES XXXII. THE LOST POISON XXXIII. JUMA’S LAIR XXXIV. THE CAGE XXXV. ENTER JOHN BROMLEY XXXVI. WHO IS MR. BROMLEY? XXXVII. THE DETECTIVES XXXVIII. MR. BROMLEY GOES TO THE GLASS FACTORY XXXIX. THE DOCTOR’S STORY XL. THE LISTENER-IN XLI. BILL TAKES ACTION XLII. PREPARING A DINNER XLIII. THE STOLEN LETTER XLIV. NEWS FROM BOBBY XLV. MR BROMLEY REVEALS HIMSELF XLVI. THE WHY OF BROMLEY XLVII. NORMA TRAVELS XLVIII. THE HOUSE WITH BARS XLIX. MRS. WALTHAM’S HOUSE L. THE OFFER LI. A TALK WITH JENNINGS LII. THE CHAINED MAN LIII. NORMA’S ORDEAL LIV. IN THE HOME OF JUMA LV. THE MANUSCRIPTS LVI. THE STORY OF STALMAN LVII. THE CERTIFICATE LVIII. THE GREY MAN LIX. THE GOING AWAY LX. THE CAPTURE LXI. THE TRAMP LXII. THE CHASE LXIII. A BURGLARY IS ARRANGED LXIV. JUMA LXV. A PROPOSAL LXVI. THE REVELATION LXVII. THE STORY OF AL CLARKE

THE STRANGE COUNTESS (1925)

THE AVENGER (1926)

CONTENTS I. THE HEAD-HUNTER II. MR. SAMPSON LONGVALE CALLS III. THE NIECE IV. THE LEADING LADY V. MR. LAWLEY FOSS VI. THE MASTER OF GRIFF VII. THE SWORDS AND BHAG VIII. BHAG IX. THE ANCESTOR X. THE OPEN WINDOW XI. THE MARK ON THE WINDOW XII. A CRY FROM A TOWER XIII. THE TRAP THAT FAILED XIV. MENDOZA MAKES A FIGHT XV. TWO FROM THE YARD XVI. THE BROWN MAN PROM NOWHERE XVII. MR. FOSS MAKES A SUGGESTION XVIII. THE FACE IN THE PICTURE XIX. THE MIDNIGHT VISIT XX. A NARROW ESCAPE XXI. THE ERASURE XXII. THE HEAD XXIII. CLUES AT THE TOWER XXIV. THE MARKS OF THE BEAST XXV. THE MAN IN THE CAR XXVI. THE HAND XXVII. THE CAVES XXVIII. THE TOWER XXIX. BHAG’S RETURN XXX. THE ADVERTISEMENT XXXI. JOHN PERCIVAL LIGGITT XXXII. GREGORY’S WAY XXXIII. THE TRAP THAT FAILED XXXIV. THE SEARCH XXXV. WHAT HAPPENED TO ADELE XXXVI. THE ESCAPE XXXVII. AT THE TOWER AGAIN XXXVIII. THE CAVERN OF BONES XXXIX. MICHAEL KNOWS FOR SURE XL. “THE WIDOW” XLI. THE DEATH XLII. CAMERA

THE BLACK ABBOT (1926)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXXI CHAPTER XXXII CHAPTER XXXIII CHAPTER XXXIV CHAPTER XXXV CHAPTER XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVII CHAPTER XXXVIII CHAPTER XXXIX CHAPTER XL CHAPTER XLI CHAPTER XLII CHAPTER XLIII CHAPTER XLIV CHAPTER XLV CHAPTER XLVI CHAPTER XLVII CHAPTER XLVIII CHAPTER XLIX CHAPTER L CHAPTER LI CHAPTER LII CHAPTER LIII CHAPTER LIV CHAPTER LV CHAPTER LVI CHAPTER LVII CHAPTER LVIII CHAPTER LIX CHAPTER LX CHAPTER LXI CHAPTER LXII CHAPTER LXIII CHAPTER LXIV CHAPTER LXV

THE DAY OF UNITING (1926)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX

THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS (1926)

THE MAN FROM MOROCCO (1926)

CONTENTS I. THE BLACK II. THE LADY OF CREITH III. THE HEAD OF THE CREITHS IV. A CALLER AT WOLD HOUSE V. THE MONKEY AND THE GOURD VI. HAMON TELLS HIS NEWS VII. INTO THE STORM VIII. THE ROBBER IX. MR. HAMON LOSES MONEY X. THE FRAME-UP XI. JANE SMITH XII. MISS LYDIA HAMON XIII. AT BLACKHEATH XIV. CAUGHT! XV. JOAN MAKES A CONFESSION XVI. MR. HAMON IS SHOWN OUT XVII. GENTLE JULIUS XVIII. THE TRIAL XIX. THE TEA SHOP XX. A CALLER XXI. A VOLUME OF EMERSON XXII. WELCOME HOME XXIII. THE NEW HOUSEKEEPER XXIV. JIM LEARNS THINGS XXV. THE CABLEGRAM XXVI. JOAN CALLED JANE XXVII. MRS. CORNFORD’S LODGER XXVIII. MR. WELLING GIVES ADVICE XXIX. A LOVE CALL XXX. SADI XXXI. JOAN TELLS THE TRUTH XXXII. CAPTAIN WELLING UNDERSTANDS XXXIII. THE FOREIGN SAILOR XXXIV. THE CORD XXXV. THE LETTER THAT CAME BY POST XXXVI. THE BANNOCKWAITE BRIDE XXXVII. THE LETTER XXXVIII. A YACHTING TRIP XXXIX. THE CHAPEL IN THE WOOD XL. THE LOVER XLI. A PHOTOGRAPH XLII. CAPTAIN WELLING: INVESTIGATOR XLIII. THE MAN IN THE NIGHT XLIV. MURDER XLV. WANTED XLVI. POINTED SHOES XLVII. THE YACHT XLVIII. MUTINY XLIX. THE MAN ON THE BEACH L. THE PLAY LI. THE COURTYARD LII. THE HOUSE OF SADI LIII. THE HOUSE IN THE HOLLOW LIV. A VISIT TO THE BASHA LV. THE LADY FROM LISBON LVI. CAPTAIN WELLING ADDS A POSTSCRIPT LVII. THE RIDE TO THE HILLS LVIII. AT THE WHITE HOUSE LIX. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW LX. THE MARRIAGE LXI. THE BEGGAR HUSBAND LXII. THE ESCAPE LXIII. THE END OF SADI LXIV. A MOORISH WOMAN’S RETURN LXV. THE REVEREND GENTLEMAN LXVI. A LUNCHEON PARTY LXVII. THE RETURN LXVIII. THE END OF HAMON

THE MILLION DOLLAR STORY (1926)

CONTENTS I. - THE WOMAN WITH THE RED HANDS II. - JOHN SANDS CHOOSES A BRIDE III. - THE MEAN MARK LEMAN IV. - FAITH LEMAN V. - JIMMY CASSIDY PALLS DOWN VI.- “JIMMY SQUEEZED HER ARM” VII. - MARK LEMAN ASLEEP VIII. - THE PENCILLED NOTES IX. - JOHN SANDS OWNS UP X. - AT 79, CHARLES STREET XI. - THE FINGER-PRINT XII. - A NEW THEORY XIII. - JIMMY PURRS XIV. - THE PLOT OF THE STORY XV. - THE HOUSE ON THE LAGOON XVI. - FAITH MEETS MRS. LEMAN XVII. - THE PHILOSOPHY OF JOHN SANDS XVIII. - THE END

THE ROAD TO LONDON (1926)

CONTENTS PREFACE PART ONE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX PART TWO CHAPTER I CHAPTER CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII PART THREE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V

THE NORTHING TRAMP (1926)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV [THE CHAPTER THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRST]

PENELOPE OF THE POLYANTHA (1926)

CONTENTS I. - TWO ON THE EMPIRE EXPRESS II. - EL SLICO III. - THE HOUSE BY THE SEA IV. - THE COMING OF MR. WHIPLOW V. - THE STOUT MR. ORFORD VI. - ANOTHER VIEW OF “POLYANTHA” VII. - A NEARER VIEW OF “POLYANTHA” VIII. - THE “STEWARDESS” IX. - THE FLIGHT X. - THE DRUG XI. - A CALL AT VIGO XII. - VIGO XIII. - THE ARREST OF HOLLIN XIV. - A RESCUE XV. - THE CAVE XVI. - WHIPLOW AGAIN XVII. - MR. ORFORD PROPOSES XVIII. - AN ACT OF MUTINY XIX. - UNDER FIRE XX. - ARREST XXI. - THE MEETING XXII. - CHAPTER THE LAST

THE SQUARE EMERALD (1926)

THE TERRIBLE PEOPLE (1926)

WE SHALL SEE! (1926)

CONTENTS I. - BILLY AND THE BRISCOES II. - IF BILLY HAD RUNG III. - TO MONTE CARLO IV. - TO INTRODUCE MARY FERRERA V. - SIR PHILIP FRAMPTON COME TO LONDON VI. - THE GIRL AND THE BANK VII. - A SHOT IN THE DARK VIII. - BILLY GOES TO PRISON IX. - A CLIENT FOR JONES & STABBAT X. - MARY ON THE STAIRS XI. - MARY GOES TO PRISON XII. - A MOTIVE AND A DEFENCE XIII. - THE ESCAPE XIV. - THE BRAIN OF GEORGE BRISCOE

THE YELLOW SNAKE (1926)

THE BIG FOOT (1927)

CONTENTS I. SOOPER II. THE UNEXPECTED HANNAH III. A LAWYER LOSES A CASE IV. DINNER AT BARLEY STACK V. THE SNIPER VI. THE STORY OF THE $100 BILLS VII. A JOURNEY SOUTHWARD VIII. THE KITCHEN IX. THE VISITOR X. ELFA’S STORY XI. THE SEALED ENVELOPE XII. LATTIMER’S UNCLE XIII. SOOPER INQUIRES XIV. THEORIES AND DEDUCTIONS XV. ELFA LEIGH’S HOME XVI. A LITTLE DINNER XVII. SOOPER’S SENSATION XVIII. THE PASTRY XIX. SMOKE FROM HILLBROW XX. THE WARNING XXI. TEA IN THE PARK XXII. CHLOROFORM XXIII. THE WARRANT XXIV. AMBUSHED XXV. THE NOOSE XXVI. MR. WELLS XXVII. THE FAREWELL FEAST

THE FEATHERED SERPENT (1927)

FLAT 2 (1927)

CONTENTS 1. A SHOT IN THE NIGHT 2. THE LITTLE MAN WHO CAUSED A RIOT 3. THE WOMAN WHO ESCAPED 4. THE GIRL WHO RAN AWAY 5. THE BEADED CASKET 6. THE MAN WHO WAITED 7. BERYL MARTIN 8. THE GIRL WHO HAD LOST 9. THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN 10. THE MAN WHO CUT THE ALARM 11. THE MAN WHO TOOK WHAT HE WANTED 12. THE MAN IN THE FLAT 13. THE WATCHERS 14. THE BURNER OF LETTERS 15. THE WOMAN WITH THE GLOVES 16. THE MAN WHO WAS SUSPECTED 17. THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED 18. THINGS THAT MILLER FORGOT 19. CHARLIE AND KATE 20. MILLER HAS A THEORY 21. THE TRAILER OF CHARLIE 22. THE MAN WHO HAD DISAPPEARED 23. THE MAN ON THE STAIRS 24. THE MAN UNDER THE SEAT 25. THE MAN WHO FOLLOWED LOUBA 26. THE MAN WITHOUT AN OVERCOAT 27. THE MAN WHO HAD BOASTED 28. THE IDEA OF CHARLES BERRY 29. THE MAN IN THE FOG 30. THE COMMISSIONER WHO DISAPPEARED 31. MILLER 32. THE STORY 33. THE KILLING 34. THE END

THE FORGER (1927)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 CHAPTER 30 CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33 CHAPTER 34 CHAPTER 35

THE HAND OF POWER (1927)

CONTENTS I. - THE MEN OF THE MOOR II. - DR. LAFFIN COMMANDS III. - PAWTER’S SERVICES IV. - CAPTAIN HARVEY HALE V. - BENSON VI. - BETTY CONSENTS VII. - AT THAMES HEAD VIII. - THE PROUD SONS IX. - NO-ARREST BULLOTT X. - THE DESK STORE XI. - MR. LAMBERT STONE XII. - THE MAN FROM NOWHERE XIII. - THE MESSAGE XIV. - THE LOCKED ROOM XV. - GETTING IN XVI. - THE NOVITIATES XVII. - BROTHER JOHN XVIII. - A SHOT IN THE STREET XIX. - THE MAN IN CHARGE XX. - THE INITIATION XXI. - JENNY HAMSHAW XXII. - DR. LAFFIN’S OFFER XXIII . - GONE! XXIV. - THE DREAM XXV. - BETTY DOES NOT REMEMBER XXVI. - A TALK WITH DR. LAFFIN XXVII. - RAGUSA TALK XXVIII. - THE SEEN PRIOR XXIX. - A STRANGE OCCURRENCE XXX. - DOPE XXXI. - IN EPPING FOREST XXXII. - TOBY MARSH GOES TO A PARTY XXXIII. - THE LISTENER IN THE CHIMNEY XXXIV. - MR. PAWTER EXPLAINS XXXV. - THE PRIORY XXXVI. - THE GRAND PRIOR SHOWS HIS HAND XXXVII. - A TRIP TO DEVON XXXVIII. - A MAN AND A MAID XXXIX. - THE TEST XL. - THE WOMAN WITH THE JUG XLI. - FLORETTE COMPLAINS XLII. - AN ADDITIONAL PASSENGER XLIII. - ON BOARD THE “ESCORIAL” XLIV. - BETTY’S FEAR XLV.- “SIR JOHN AND LADY WILFORD” XLVI. - THE BLUE BOTTLE XLVII. - AN ATTACK IN THE NIGHT XLVIII. - A RADIO FROM NEW YORK XLIX. - BULLOTT EXPLAINS L. - THE EVENING OF THE BALL LI. - THE CONTROL LII. - CHANGED CONDITIONS LIII. - BILL HAS A PLAN LIV. - IN THE WIRELESS HOUSE LV. - THE “THOMAS INLAND” LVI. - HARVEY HALE AND LAFFIN LVII. - WARSHIPS LVIII. - TOWARD THE FOG LIX. - THE SIREN LX. - THE MAN IN CONTROL LXI. - BULLOTT MAKES AN ARREST LXII. - BULLOTT’S STORY

THE MAN WHO WAS NOBODY (1927)

CONTENTS 1. AT ALMA’S FLAT 2. THE MAN FROM PRETORIA 3. THE SURPRISING DEBTS 4. WHAT HAPPENED AT TYNEWOOD CHASE 5. THE MYSTERY 6. IN SOUTH AFRICA 7. SOLOMON’S PLAN 8. THE ORDER TO MARRY 9. MRS STEDMAN’S TROUBLE 10. MARJORIE SENDS HER WIRE 11. MARJORIE TELLS THE NEWS 12. THE MAN WHO WAS NOBODY 13. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 14. THE INTRUDER 15. MRS STEDMAN HEARS THE NEWS 16. “A MARRIAGE HAS BEEN ARRANGED” 17. LADY TYNEWOOD MAKES A CALL 18. THE MEETING 19. A MARRIAGE WAS ARRANGED 20. IN THE LANE 21. THE WEDDING 22. LADY TYNEWOOD HAS AN IDEA 23. THE HONEYMOON 24. THE NIGHT OF THE WEDDING 25. LADY TYNEWOOD PURSUES HER ENQUIRIES 26. THE RETURN FROM BRIGHTSEA 27. THE STORY OF SIR JAMES TYNEWOOD 28. THE PHOTOGRAPH 29. A MIDNIGHT VISITOR 30. A CUP OF TEA 31. THE DENOUNCEMENT 32. TO SILENCE PRETORIA SMITH 33. SIR JAMES TYNEWOOD SPEAKS 34. THE END

NUMBER SIX (1927)

CONTENTS I. - THE BEGINNING OF THE HUNT II. - TRAY-BONG SMITH III. - THE HOUSE OF CÆSAR IV. - THE CHAINED LADY V. - CÆSAR REVEALS HIMSELF VI. - CÆSAR TELLS OF NUMBER SIX VII. - THE STORY OF WELLAND VIII. - A NOTE FROM NOWHERE IX. - MR. SMITH IS BURGLED X. - THE LADY WHO MODELLED XI. - JOHN WELLAND XII. - THE MYSTERIOUS MR. ROSS XIII. - A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE XIV. - THE LAST COUP XV. - THE END

THE SQUEAKER (1927)

THE TRAITOR’S GATE (1927)

THE DOUBLE (1928)

THE FLYING SQUAD (1928)

THE THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1928)

THE GUNNER (1928)

FOUR SQUARE JANE (1929)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX

THE GOLDEN HADES (1929)

THE GREEN RIBBON (1929)

THE CALENDAR (1930)

THE CLUE OF THE SILVER KEY (1930)

THE LADY OF ASCOT (1930)

THE DEVIL MAN (1931)

THE MAN AT THE CARLTON (1931)

THE COAT OF ARMS (1931)

ON THE SPOT: VIOLENCE AND MURDER IN CHICAGO (1931)

WHEN THE GANGS CAME TO LONDON (1932)

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8

THE FRIGHTENED LADY (1933)

THE GREEN PACK (1933)

THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS NAME (1935)

THE MOUTHPIECE (1935)

SMOKY CELL (1935)

THE TABLE (1936)

SANCTUARY ISLAND (1936)

Other Novels CAPTAIN TATHAM OF TATHAM ISLAND (1909)

CONTENTS THE GENESIS OF THE HISTORY II. - THE EVIDENCE OF THE SECOND WITNESS: ERNEST GEORGE STUCKEY III. - THE EVIDENCE OF THE THIRD WITNESS: WILLIAM C. HACKITT V. - THE EVIDENCE OF THE FOURTH WITNESS: RICHARD CALLUS X. - THE EVIDENCE OF THE FOURTH WITNESS: RICHARD CALLUS (continued) XIV. - THE EVIDENCE OF THE FIFTH WITNESS: SIR GEORGE CALLIPER XV. - FURTHER EVIDENCE BY THE FOURTH WITNESS: RICHARD CALLUS

THE DUKE IN THE SUBURBS (1909)

CONTENTS AUTHOR’S APOLOGY PART I. THE DUKE ARRIVES CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII PART II. THE DUKE DEPARTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII PART III. THE DUKE RETURNS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X PART IV. THE DUKE REMAINS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII PART V. THE DUKE ADVENTURES CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII

PRIVATE SELBY (1912)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXXI CHAPTER XXXII CHAPTER XXXIII CHAPTER XXXIV CHAPTER XXXV CHAPTER THE LAST

“1925”: THE STORY OF A FATAL PEACE (1915)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV

THOSE FOLK OF BULBORO (1918)

CONTENTS PROLOGUE. A LETTER FROM DR. JABEZ MANTON I. - TONY COMES HOME II. - A LEADER AND SECRETARY III. - THE RECTOR AND HIS WIFE IV. - A GAME OF BRIDGE V. - LADY BEATRICE’S PAST VI. - SIR JOHN BRAND VII. - BULBORO’ POLITICS VIII. - TONY BECOMES UNPOPULAR IX. - AN ANONYMOUS LETTER X. - A CLERGYMAN’S LIFE XI. - PRETENCE AND REALITY XII. - THE CHAIRWOMAN XIII. - INCREASING PAIN XIV. - A POSTCARD FROM PARIS XV. - MISSING DOCUMENTS XVI. - BROTHERS DISAGREE XVII. - TWO SUMMONSES XVIII. - FORGIVENESS XIX. - A VISION OF HAPPINESS

THE BOOK OF ALL POWER (1921)

CONTENTS I. INTRODUCING MALCOLM HAY II. A GUN-MAN REFUSES WORK III. THE GRAND DUCHESS IRENE IV. THE PRINCE WHO PLA05ED V. THE RAID ON THE SILVER LION VI. PRINCE SERGANOV PAYS THE PRICE VII. KENSKY OF KIEV VIII. THE GRAND DUKE IS AFFABLE IX. THE HAND AT THE WINDOW X. TERROR IN MAKING XI. THE COMMISSARY WITH THE CROOKED NOSE XII. IN THE PRISON OF ST. BASIL XIII. CHERRY BIM MAKES A STATEMENT XIV. IN THE HOLY VILLAGE XV. THE RED BRIDE XVI. THE BOOK OF ALL-POWER XVII. ON THE ROAD XVIII. THE MONASTERY OF ST. BASIL THE LEPER XIX. THE END OF BOOLBA XX. CHAPTER THE LAST

FLYING FIFTY-FIVE (1922)

CONTENTS I. - THE GIRL TRAINER II. - THE NEW HEAD LAD III. - WHY STELLA GAMBLED IV. - A BACKER OF HORSES V. - THE WINNER OF THE TRIAL STAKES VI. - THE NEW LAD BETS VII. - LORD FONTWELL GIVES HIS ORDERS VIII. - THE COVENTRY STAKES IX. - THE RACE FOR THE COVENTRY X. - THE HONOURABLE CLAUDE BARBERRY XI.- “HELL AND IRON” AT HOME XII. - THE HUNT CUP XIII. - AN UNWELCOME VISITOR XIV. - BILL GOES HOME XV. - THE SUNDERFIELD COLLIERY XVI. - A MORNING GALLOP XVII. - BILL GIVES ADVICE XVIII. - HER LADYSHIP’S GUESTS XIX. - MR. URQUHART GIVES AN OPINION XX. - FOLLY FARM XXI. - THE WONDERFUL CHARLES XXII. - THE STEWARD’S CUP XXIII. - STELLA WINS MONEY XXIV. - THE STORY OF URQUHART’S SON XXV.- “A DIVORCE HAS BEEN ARRANGED” XXVI. - SIR JACQUES CHANGES HIS MIND XXVII. - SIR JACQUES MAKES A DISCOVERY XXVIII. - A REJECTED PROPOSAL XXIX. - THE CHAMPAGNE STAKES XXX. - JEBSON’S CLUB XXXI. - THE GAYNESS OF AUNT ELIZA XXXII. - THE SAFE IN THE WALL XXXIII. - RACING EDUCATION XXXIV. - THE ARRIVAL OF MRS. BROWN XXXV. - THE RUNNING OF TEN SPOT XXXVI. - THE PORTRAIT XXXVII. - A WRONG NOMINATION XXXVIII. - GOLDY LOCKS XXXIX.- “SEVEN HILLS - NOT QUALIFIED.” XL. - MR. JEBSON RECEIVES A COMMISSION XLI. - FINDING A JOCKEY XLII. - JEBSON MAKES A BIT XLIII. - AN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE XLIV. - THE JUBILEE XLV. - LADY SEMBERSON PAYS A VISIT XLVI. - THE NEW APPRENTICE XLVII. - THE RACE FOR THE DERBY STAKES XLVIII. - THE END

THE BOOKS OF BART (1923)

CONTENTS I. - THE BOOK OF ARRANGEMENT CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X II. - THE BOOK OF ADJUSTMENT CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X III. - THE BOOK OF DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI IV. - THE BOOK OF ENLIGHTENMENT CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV

BARBARA ON HER OWN (1926)

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII

Short Story Collections THE ADMIRABLE CARFEW (1914)

CONTENTS CARFEW TWO CARFEW, WITHINGTON AND CO., INVENTORS THE AGREEABLE COMPANY CARFEW IS ADVISED A DEAL IN RIFFS CARFEW ENTERTAINS THE ECCENTRIC MR. GOBLEHEIM PATRIOTS TOBBINS, LIMITED CARFEW - IMPRESARIO CARFEW PRODUCES WHY GELDEN MADE A MILLION CARFEW AND THE “MARY Q” A MATTER OF BUSINESS ONE AND SEVENPENCE HA’PENNY

THE ADVENTURES OF HEINE (1917)

CONTENTS ALEXANDER AND THE LADY THE MAN WHO DWELT ON A HILL THE LOVELY MISS LARRYMORE THE AFFAIR OF MISTER HAYNES THE MAN FROM THE STARS THE AFFAIR OF THE ALLIES’ CONFERENCE THE WORD OF A PRINCE THE JERMYN CREDIT BANK MR. COLLINGREY, MP - PACIFIST! THE GREY ENVELOPE THE MURDERERS THE PASSING OF HEINE THE U-BOAT ADVENTURE BRETHREN OF THE ORDER THE WORLD DICTATOR THE SYREN THE COMING OF THE BOLSHEVIKS THE GOING OF HEINE

TAM O’ THE SCOUTS (1918)

CONTENTS THE CASE OF LASKY PUPPIES OF THE PACK THE COMING OF MÜLLER THE STRAFING OF MÜLLER ANNIE - THE GUN THE LAW-BREAKER AND FRIGHTFULNESS THE MAN BEHIND THE CIRCUS A QUESTION OF RANK A REPRISAL RAID THE LAST LOAD THE MAN CALLED MCGINNICE A DAY WITH VON TIRPITZ TAM’S AIR TAXI

THE FIGHTING SCOUTS (1919)

CONTENTS THE GENTLEMEN FROM INDIANA THE DUKE’S MUSEUM THE KINDERGARTEN BILLY BEST THE WAGER OF RITTMEISTER VAN HAARDEN THE DÉBUT OF WILLIAM BEST THE CLOUD FISHERS THE WOMAN IN THE STORY THE INFANT SAMUEL

CHICK AND OTHER STORIES (1923)

CONTENTS CHICK FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY A WRIT OF SUMMONS SPOTTING THE LADY CHICK, WAITER A LESSON IN DIPLOMACY THE FIRST DISPATCH THE OILFIELD IN THE PUBLIC EYE COURAGE THE MAN FROM TOULOUSE THE BEATING OF THE MIDDLE-WEIGHT

THE BLACK AVONS SERIES (1925)

CONTENTS BLACK AVONS BOOK I. How They Fared in the Time of the Tudors FOREWORD. I GO TO COURT. THE KING. THE PASSING OF EDWARD. LADY JANE GREY. MARY. THE QUEEN OF SCOTS. BLACK AVONS BOOK II. Roundhead and Cavalier BLACK AVONS BOOK III. From Waterloo to the Mutiny WATERLOO. DISTRESSFUL ENGLAND. THE POOR LAWS. STORM CLOUDS IN INDIA. THE OUTBREAK. BLACK AVONS BOOK IV. Europe in the Melting Pot THE AVON FROM AFRICA THE COMING WAR THE BALKANS THE MURDER WAR! THE AFTERMATH OF WAR

THE BRIGAND (1927)

CONTENTS A MATTER OF NERVE ON GETTING AN INTRODUCTION BURIED TREASURE A CONTRIBUTION TO CHARITY A LADY IN GREY ANTHONY THE BOOKMAKER THE PLUM-PUDDING GIRL THE GUEST OF THE MINNOWS THE BURSTED ELECTION THE JOKER KATO THE GRAFT

THE MIXER (1927)

CONTENTS THE OUTWITTING OF PONY NELSON THE GREAT GENEVA SWEEPSTAKE A SPECULATION IN SHARES THE BANK THAT DID NOT FAIL MR. LIMMERBURG’S WATERLOO A CLOSE CALL - AND ITS SEQUEL HOW A FAMOUS MASTER CRIMINAL WAS TRAPPED MR. SPARKES, THE DETECTIVE THE SUBMARINE-CHASER COUP A STRANGE FILM ADVENTURE THE GIRL FROM GIBRALTAR A GAMBLING RAID THE SILK STOCKINGS THE CASE OF DOLLY DE MULLE THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DIAMOND CINEMA TEACHING BY POST THE BILLITER BANK SMASH THE SPANISH PRISONER THE CROWN JEWELS THE PROFESSOR

THE ORATOR (1928)

CONTENTS THE ORATOR THE MIND-READERS THE OLD LADY WHO CHANGED HER MIND THE SUNNINGDALE MURDER A BANK AND A SECRETARY THE MAN NEXT DOOR THE SIRIUS MAN THE COUPER BUCKLE THE CASE OF FREDDIE VANE THE GUY FROM MEMPHIS THE DETECTIVE WHO TALKED THE FALL OF MR. RATER

ELEGANT EDWARD

CONTENTS EDITOR’S NOTE PAPINICO FOR THE SCOT A DEAL IN DIAMONDS THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE MR. MACMILLAN SHARES HIS POSSESSIONS A FORTUNE IN TIN THE RUM-RUNNER THE MACK PUMP DOUBLE BLUFF

THE LONE HOUSE MYSTERY AND OTHER STORIES (1929)

CONTENTS THE LONE HOUSE MYSTERY THE SOOPER SPEAKING CLUES ROMANCE IN IT

THE GOVERNOR OF CHI-FOO (1929)

CONTENTS THE GOVERNOR OF CHI-FOO IN THRALL ON THE WITNEY ROAD MOTHER O’ MINE JAKE’S BROTHER BILL THE WEAKLING A TRYST WITH GHOSTS THE GREEK POROPULOS

AGAIN THE RINGER (1929)

CONTENTS THE MAN WITH THE RED BEARD CASE OF THE HOME SECRETARY A SERVANT OF WOMEN THE TRIMMING OF PAUL LUMIÈRE THE BLACKMAIL BOOMERANG MISS BROWN’S £7,000 WINDFALL THE END OF MR. BASH - THE BRUTAL THE COMPLETE VAMPIRE THE SWISS HEAD WAITER THE ESCAPE OF MR. BLISS THE MAN WITH THE BEARD THE ACCIDENTAL SNAPSHOT THE SINISTER DR. LUTTEUR THE OBLIGING COBBLER THE FORTUNE OF FORGERY A “YARD” MAN KIDNAPPED

THE BIG FOUR (1929)

CONTENTS THE BIG FOUR SYNDICATE AND THE MAN WHO SMASHED IT THE BURGLARY AT GOODWOOD BACCARAT AT COWES A RACE AT OSTEND THE HEPPLEWORTH PEARLS PINKY AND THE BANK MANAGER THE START OF THE WORLD BOB BREWER’S BIGGEST COUP

THE BLACK (1929)

CONTENTS THE BLACK THE CASE OF LADY PURSEYENCE THE WIFE OF SIR RALPH CRETAPACE THE CASE OF MRS. ANTHONY STATMORE THE MYSTERY OF BISHOP’S CHAIR THE TWENTY-THOUSAND-POUND KISS HOW A CROOK SPOOFED ANOTHER CROOK A DOCTOR’S JOLLIFICATION AND ITS SEQUEL THE MILLIONAIRE’S SECRET WARM AND DRY THE SOOPER SPEAKING

THE CAT-BURGLAR AND OTHER STORIES (1929)

CONTENTS THE CAT BURGLAR THE PICK-UP DISCOVERING REX THE MAN IN THE GOLF HUT THE CLUE OF MONDAY’S SETTLING ESTABLISHING CHARLES BULLIVANT SENTIMENTAL SIMPSON WHITE STOCKING

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE (1929)

CONTENTS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THE CHILD OF CHANCE THE DEAR LIAR THE MEDIAEVAL MIND THE LOOKER AND THE LEAPER THE CHRISTMAS PRINCESS THE TREASURE OF THE KALAHARI INDIAN MAGIC

FIGHTING SNUB REILLY AND OTHER STORIES (1929)

CONTENTS FIGHTING SNUB REILLY JIMMY’S BROTHER THE CHRISTMAS CUP THE MAN IN THE GOLF HUT A ROMANCE IN BROWN THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN KID GLOVE HARRY NIG-NOG!

FOR INFORMATION RECEIVED AND OTHER SHORT STORIES (1929)

CONTENTS FOR INFORMATION RECEIVED SNARES OF PARIS A BUSINESS TRAINING MISS PRENTISS TELLS A LIE A PRIESTESS OF OSIRIS THE TIMID ADMIRER THE JEWEL FINDINGS ARE KEEPINGS THE EAR OF THE SANCTUARY

PLANETOID 127 AND THE SWEIZER PUMP (1929)

CONTENTS PLANETOID 127 THE SWEIZER PUMP

THE GHOST OF DOWN HILL AND THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S BELT (1929)

CONTENTS THE GHOST OF DOWN HILL THE QUEEN OF SHEBA’S BELT

THE IRON GRIP AND OTHER STORIES (1929)

CONTENTS THE MAN FROM “DOWN UNDER” THE WILFUL MISS COLEBROOK THE TYRANT OF THE HOUSE THE KIDNAPPED TYPIST THE VLAKFONTAIN DIAMOND A QUESTION OF HOURS THE STRANGE CASE OF ANITA BRADE THE DISAPPEARING LADY THE CASE OF AN HEIRESS THE BEAUTIFUL MISS M’GREGGOR

THE LADY OF LITTLE HELL (1929)

CONTENTS THE LADY OF LITTLE HELL (AN END OF THE WAR STORY) THE WOMAN IN THE VEIL LITTLE HELL THE GIRL FROM THE ETHER FATE AND MR. HOKE DECLARED TO WIN THE CROSS OF THE THIEF BILL AND THE TAPPERS THE PRAYING GIRL THE CUSTODY OF THE CHILD

THE LITTLE GREEN MAN (1929)

CONTENTS THE LITTLE GREEN MAN CODE NO. 2 THE STRETELLI CASE THE MAN WHO NEVER LOST CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE CHINA DOG CHUBB OF THE “SLIPPER” THE KING’S BRAHM THE MAN WHO KILLED HIMSELF THE UNDISCLOSED CLIENT

THE PRISON-BREAKERS (1929)

CONTENTS THE PRISON-BREAKERS FINDINGS ARE KEEPINGS THE JEWEL BOX THE UNDISCLOSED CLIENT VIA MADEIRA THE COMPLEAT CRIMINAL RED BEARD BULFOX ASLEEP

THE REPORTER (1929)

CONTENTS THE REPORTER THE WRITINGS OF MACONOCHIE HOE THE MURDER OF BENNETT SANDMAN THE CRIME OF GAI JOI THE LETHBRIDGE ABDUCTION THE SAFE DEPOSIT AT THE SOCIAL CLUB THE CASE OF CROOK BERESFORD THE CRIME EXPERT THE LAST THROW OF CROOK BERESFORD THE CARETAKER IN CHARGE

KILLER KAY AND OTHER STORIES (1930)

CONTENTS KILLER KAY THE BUSINESS-WOMAN BLUE SUIT BATTLE LEVEL THE AIR TAXI THE CONVENIENT SEA THE VAMP AND THE LIBRARIAN THIEVES MAKE THIEVES

MRS WILLIAM JONES AND BILL (1930)

CONTENTS MRS. WILLIAM JONES AND - BILL THE ADVENTURES OF GEORGE ACCORDING TO FREUD BONDAGE THE SOCIETY OF BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE THE KING AND THE EDITOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

THE STRETELLI CASE AND OTHER MYSTERY STORIES (1930)

CONTENTS THE STRETELLI CASE THE LOOKER AND THE LEAPER THE MAN WHO NEVER LOST THE CLUE OF MONDAY’S SETTLING CODE NO. 2 THE MEDIAEVAL MIND THE KNOW-HOW CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE CHINA DOG THE UNDISCLOSED CLIENT RED BEARD THE MAN WHO KILLED HIMSELF

THE TERROR (1930)

CONTENTS

THE LADY CALLED NITA (1930)

CONTENTS THE LADY CALLED NITA THE MAN WHO MARRIED HIS COOK MR. SIGEE’S RELATIONS THE KNIGHT WHO COULD NOT KNEEL HER FATHER’S DAUGHTER THE DRAMATIC BUTLER DIANA HELPS CON-LACTO IS STRENGTH

SERGEANT SIR PETER (1932)

CONTENTS The Four Missing Merchants The Desk-Breaker The Inheritor Dr. Fifer’s Patient The Burglar Alarm Buried Treasure The Principles Of Jo Loless The Death Watch; or, The Deadly Mr. Lyon

THE STEWARD (1932)

CONTENTS THE STEWARD AND THE SHARPS OVERDUE THE BUOY THAT DID NOT LIGHT THE LEFT PASS THE GHOST OF JOHN HOLLING THE LITTLE BARONESS SOLO AND THE LADY THE BARONS OF THE NIMBLE PACK BLOOMING ALOES

NIG-NOG AND OTHER HUMOROUS STORIES (1934)

CONTENTS NIG-NOG! JIMMY’S BROTHER SENTIMENTAL SIMPSON CHUBB OF THE “SLIPPER” INDIAN MAGIC ESTABLISHING CHARLES BULLIVANT THE CAT BURGLAR VIA MADEIRA JAKE’S BROTHER BILL THE JEWEL BOX IN THRALL

THE LAST ADVENTURE (1934)

CONTENTS BIG LITTLE BROTHER THE LAST ADVENTURE THE TALKATIVE BURGLAR THE WILL AND THE WAY A JUDGE OF HORSES THE PEDLAR IN THE MASK MR. JIGGS MAKES GOOD THE TRIMMING OF SAM THE WINNING TICKET HIS GAME THE DEVIL DOCTOR THE ORIGINAL MRS. BLANEY

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE (1934)

CONTENTS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE FIGHTING SNUB REILLY A ROMANCE IN BROWN DISCOVERING REX THE MAN IN THE GOLF HUT A TRYST WITH GHOSTS THE CHILD OF CHANCE THE DEAR LIAR THE CHRISTMAS PRINCESS FINDINGS ARE KEEPINGS THE LITTLE GREEN MAN

THE WOMAN FROM THE EAST (1934)

CONTENTS THE WOMAN FROM THE EAST THE CHOPHAM AFFAIR THE HOPPER THE LOVE OF DEVIL HAMPTON THE SILVER CHARM UNCLE FARAWAY THE MAN OF THE NIGHT PATRIOTS THE FUTURE LADY SHELHOLME THE XMAS GIFT THE MAN WHOM NOBODY LOVED THE STRANGENESS OF JOAB LASHMERE JIMMY AND THE DOUGHNUTS CONTROL NO. 2

THE UNDISCLOSED CLIENT AND OTHER STORIES (1934)

CONTENTS THE UNDISCLOSED CLIENT MR. SIMMONS’ PROFESSION CHANGE A MAN OF NOTE FOR JEWEY’S LAGGIN PEAR-DROPS HOW HE LOST HIS MOUSTACHE SERGEANT RUN-A-MILE THE SENTIMENTAL BURGLAR CONTEMPT THE CHRISTMAS CUP THE LITTLE GREEN MAN THE GOVERNOR OF CHI-FOO

UNCOLLECTED STORIES

CONTENTS The Barford “Snake” The Despatch Rider While the Passengers Slept The House Surgeon The Devil Light If - ? The Black Grippe The Limp of the Clan Chen Stuffing The Murder at the ‘Port Helm’ The Slip The Sodium Lines; or, The Day the World Stopped The Poisoners The Forest of Happy Thoughts The Education of King Peter A Dream The Man Who Came Back The Magnificent Ensign Smith Mr. Miller and the Kaiser The Death Room Before Witnesses Halley’s Comet, the Cowboy and Lord Dorrington Lord Exenham Creates a Sensation One Night in Somerset The Ghost Walker The Little Dragon of Jade The House of the Candles The More-or-Less Crime The Get-Back The Monkey and the Box The Impossible Theft

The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Poetry Collections THE MISSION THAT FAILED (1898)

CONTENTS THE MISSION THAT FAILED THE PRAYER THE LAND OF THE NORTH NO. 1 - HE ARRIVES NO. 2 - JAMES GETS A BILLET A CRISIS AN IMPRESSION OF JAMES JAMES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPETONIAN JAMES ON POLITICS THE GREATER GOD THE SONG OF THE ROODEDAM UNDER WHICH FLAG? THE PATRIOTIC COLONIST THE SQUIRE THE SEA-NATION THE SONG OF THE BOUNDER THE GIDDY LITTLE MICROBE THE NUMBER ONE (The First Lieutenant) BRITANNIA TO HER FIRST BORN A TOMMY’S WELCOME GINGER JAMES THE DEPARTURE OF JAMES

WAR AND OTHER POEMS (1900)

CONTENTS War Under Which Flag? The Armoured Train

WRIT IN BARRACKS (1900)

CONTENTS WAR ARMY DOCTOR NICHOLSON’S NEK MY PAL, THE BOER SONG OF THE FIRST TRAIN THROUGH THE NAVAL BRIGADE THE ARMOURED TRAIN MAKE YOUR OWN ARRANGEMENTS GINGER JAMES HER MAJESTY HAS BEEN PLEASED - ARTHUR LEGACIES T.A. IN LOVE TOMMY ADVISES THE NUMBER ONE BRITANNIA TO HER FIRST-BORN TOMMY TO HIS LAUREATE THE MISSION THAT FAILED THE PRAYER CEASE FIRE TOMMY’S AUTOGRAPH AT THE BRINK! THE KING OF OOJEE-MOOJEE THE SONG OF THE TOWN BY SIMON’S BAY THE SQUIRE THE SEA-NATION NATURE FAILS THE COLONEL’S GARDEN THE PEOPLE TO CECIL JOHN RHODES July 18, 1899 WHEN LONDON CALLS! CAIROWARDS ODE TO THE OPENING OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN EXHIBITION, 1898

The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction REPORTS FROM THE BOER WAR (1901)

CONTENTS WITH CARRINGTON THROUGH RHODESIA THE ELAND’S RIVER GARRISON THE REBEL AND THE PSALMIST THE BIRTH OF A CORPS THE STORY OF KITCHENER’S FIGHTING SCOUTS THE BETTER PATH THE COMING OF DE WET CAPETOWN TO-DAY THE CITY OF REFUGE OUT ON THE VELDT KITCHENER - THE GENERAL WHY WE LOST DE WET THREE GOOD REASONS A NICE WAR PROFIT AND LOSS TRAGEDY - A SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCH THAT VICTORIAN! - A SOUTH AFRICAN SKETCH MRS. RESERVIST A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE WAR KITCHENER’S THE BLOKE” A VELDT ALDERSHOT A PICTURE OF BLOEMFONTEIN THAT TIRED FEELING! A SUNDAY MORNING CITY INTO JOHANNESBURG BY THE STAGE DOOR IN DEATH’S EYE AMERICA’S BID FOR THE RAND SOPS TO SENTIMENT - SETTLEMENT PROBLEMS THE VLAKFONTEIN HORROR ENEMY MURDER OUR WOUNDED THE CENSORSHIP A LETTER FROM BROTHER BOER THE BASER KIND OF BOER HOW THE PUBLIC IS DEPRIVED OF NEWS WHY THE WAR DRAGS THE FORGOTTEN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND A LITTLE PESSIMISM THE KING AND HIS ARMY LORD KITCHENER’S PROCLAMATION THE TREACHERY OF BOER WOMEN THE GREAT WAR MUDDLE AN ALARM AT CRADOCK MORAL OF GOUGH’S DEFEAT NEVER UNDER FIRE THE GLORIOUS STORY OF ITALA HOW GENERAL BOTHA WAS CHECKED AT A TRIAL FOR TREASON WHAT DOES THE END MEAN? PRO PATRIA - THE EMPIRE BUILDER FIGHTING IN THE MIST IN SEARCH OF A FIGHT JUSTICE - HOW A TRAITOR DIED THE ROCKS AHEAD LORD MILNER’S DIFFICULT TASK JOHANNESBURG OF TODAY RETURN OF FIRST-CLASS REFUGEES CHRISTMAS DAY ON THE VELDT THE ART OF CONSPIRACY THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS - A JUSTIFICATION IN BLOCKHOUSE STREET A LITTLE OPERATION STORYETTES OF WAR THE HUMOUROUS SIDE OF THE CAMPAIGN THE NIGHT OF THE DRIVE - IN A BLOCKHOUSE THE BACKBONE OF THE ARMY HOME AGAIN - THE END OF A PERIOD BACK FROM THE WAR THE RETURN OF SMITHY MR CHAMBERLAIN’S VISIT ISHMAEL LORD MILNER - THE AUTOCRAT OF SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA TO-DAY - THE BEATEN BOER THE SLUMS OF JOHANNESBURG SOLDIERS OF MERCY A BATTLEFIELD PEN PICTURE

THE STANDARD HISTORY OF THE WAR (1914)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION BEFORE THE BRITISH CAME CHAPTER I. - THE GREAT RETREAT CHAPTER II. - THE GREAT “RETURN” CHAPTER III. - THE STRUGGLE ON THE AISNE VOLUME II. YPRES - ARMENTIÈRES: THE BATTLE FOR THE COAST INTRODUCTION AFTER THE DEADLOCK ON THE AISNE CHAPTER I. - THE MOVE TO THE NORTH CHAPTER II. - THE STRUGGLE FOR THE COAST CHAPTER III. - THE LONG THIN KHAKI LINE CHAPTER IV. - GREAT DEEDS THAT MADE AN UNDYING STORY VOLUME III. ST ÉLOI-GIVENCHY-YPRES-HILL 60-NEUVE CHAPELLE CHAPTER I. - THE FIGHT FOR YPRES CHAPTER II. - THE ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE BRITISH LINE CHAPTER III. - THE TAKING OF NEUVE CHAPELLE CHAPTER IV. - THE FIGHT FOR HILL 60 CHAPTER V. - THE SECOND ATTACK ON YPRES VOLUME IV. THE NAVY AND THE DARDANELLES CHAPTER I. - THE FIGHT OFF HELIGOLAND CHAPTER II. - THE OUTER FLEETS CHAPTER III. - NORTH SEA BRUSHES CHAPTER IV. - DESTRUCTION OF THE BLÜCHER CHAPTER V. - THE NAVAL AIRMEN CHAPTER VI. - TURKEY AND THE DARDANELLES CHAPTER VII. - THE LAND OPERATIONS

KITCHENER’S ARMY AND THE TERRITORIAL FORCES (1915)

CONTENTS THE REVEILLE INTRODUCTION I. THE MEN OF THE FIRST ARMY II. THE RECRUIT’S FIRST DAYS IN THE NEW ARMY III. THE RECRUIT’S PROGRESS TOWARDS EFFICIENCY

THE GREAT BANK OF ENGLAND FRAUDS (1924) THE TRIAL OF THE SEDDONS (1924) THE SECRET OF THE MOAT FARM (1924) THE MURDER ON YARMOUTH SANDS (1924) HERBERT ARMSTRONG - POISONER (1924) THIS ENGLAND (1927)

CONTENTS I. - THE CRASHED II. - THE IDLE RICH III. - THE IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE IV. - OUR BURGLARS V. - THE SURGEON VI. - COMMONPLACE PEOPLE VII. - THE PRECARIOUS GAME - RACING STUDIES VIII. - THE PARSONS - ALWAYS IN DEMAND IX. - BACK TO THE ARMY - THE SAME OLD SERVICE X. - THE MODERN GIRL - AN AGE OF REALITY XI.- “MUSHERS” AND RIDERS XII. - 99, SOMETHING CRESCENT XIII. - POLICE XIV. - THE FARMER - COUNTRYSIDE PHILOSOPHY XV. - IN THE SCHOOLS - LEARNING TO LEARN XVI. - THE BABY’S GUARDIAN- “NANNY”: AN INSTITUTION XVII. - QUEEN CHARLOTTE’S XVIII. - SEA TALK XIX. - ON THE JURY - CONSIDER YOUR VERDICT XX. - COMRADES AND TITLES - THE NEW CULT

The Autobiography PEOPLE (1926)

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV

The Biography EDGAR WALLACE - EACH WAY (1932) by Robert G. Curtis

CONTENTS FOREWORD CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CHAPTER TWELVE CHAPTER THIRTEEN CHAPTER FOURTEEN CHAPTER FIFTEEN

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